Job summary
Speech and Language Therapist -Band 7
Contract - Permanent. 30 hours per week (0.8WTE / 4 days per week)
We are looking for a new Highly Specialist Band 7 speech and language therapist to join us in the Camden Children's speech and language therapy team, in Camden Service for Young People (CSYP 11-19s).
We have a large team of speech and language therapists in CSYP who work within: Mainstream secondary schools-Specialist SEMH settings including Pupil Referral Units, Specialist SEMH schools, Youth Justice Service and Youth Early Help Secondary school Autism Resource base/provisions Post-16 Colleges Social Communication and Autism Assessment and Diagnostic Service
This role would initially involve working within specialist SEMH settings e.g. SEMH school/ pupil referral unit, as well as involvement in service development, supervision and the core offer of summer groups and clinical assessment and advice. There may also be opportunities to move across settings e.g. into Post-16 settings, when working in the CSYP team.
Main duties of the job
CSYP provide:
A 'specialist clinical' offer of assessment, advice and input for young people (YP) who have SLCN, aged 11-19(+), who live or access education/youth services in Camden A 'Traded services' offer: SLTs may provide universal, targeted and/or specialist input within schools/settings who have Service Level Agreements for a specific number of days a week enabling a highly embedded approach to input, whilst also working within and accessing supervision and support from a wider team of SLTs working with the same age group A 'Universal' offer of whole school/setting training and capacity building projects including our highly specialist 'Listen-EAR' (Enjoy, Achieve, Respect & Relate) consultative model
- A 'centralised training' offer of both bespoke and specific training packages including ELKLAN for school staff, and Cygnet for parents of autistic children A 'communication groups' offer within school holidays, including Year 11 School Leavers groups, working with Afasic for year 6-year 7 transition groups, and with Camden Summer University and an animation tutor to run a film making course for YP who are autistic or who have social communication differences / difficulties.
This post would involve providing assessments, reports, specialist, targeted and universal input in a Pupil referral unit (2 days per week) as well as project work including training and universal, whole school capacity building input in secondary mainstream schools (2 days per week).
About us
Working for your organisation should read: Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
If you would like to discuss this post in more detail, you can contact Laura McLean laura.mclean@nhs.net , 0203 316 1080 or 07557 198991
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
If you would like to discuss this post in more detail, you can contact Laura McLean laura.mclean@nhs.net , 0203 316 1080 or 07557 198991
Person Specification
Qualifications/training
Essential
- BSc. Speech Path or Equivalent (including Dip. CST)
- HPC licence to practise, and Registered member of RCSLT
- Successful completion of highly specialist/expert short courses relevant to field e.g. SEMH, trauma, positive behaviour support, signing, Autism
Desirable
- Successful completion of postgraduate dysphagia qualification
- Successful completion of highly specialist postgraduate study relevant to field e.g. advanced ASD courses, Makaton Regional Tutor, AAC
- Basic qualitative/quantitative research methodologies
- Basic counselling
- Challenging behaviour strategies
- Student supervisions and training
Previous Experience
Essential
- Of working at a specialist level in paediatrics
- Delivering highly specialist training to a range of audiences
Desirable
- Relevant experience at a highly specialist level
- Carrying out evidence based research projects
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexibility
- Ability to reflect on practice
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Communicate complex, sensitive information
- Make accurate phonetic/phonemic transcription of spoken language
- Critically evaluate published research within a specific area of clinical expertise
- Skills in delivering presentations and training, including basic adaptations to presentation/training style for a range of audiences
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Of a range of highly specialist assessment tools and procedures to evaluate communication, speech & language skills in children
- knowledge of the key characteristics leading a highly specialist differential diagnosis
- The application of highly specialist knowledge of local cultural, linguistic & demographic factors to the management of a clinically complex caseload
- Of selecting, setting & evaluating highly specialist treatment goals
- Of a highly specialist range of therapeutic interventions relevant to paediatric special and complex needs demonstrating the evidence base for these approaches
- Detailed knowledge of multi-disciplinary team approaches
- Of approaches to mentoring, advising, supporting and clinically supervising less experienced SLTs and support staff
- Good understanding of clinical governance principles
Desirable
- Knowledge and/or experience of undertaking qualitative & quantitative research
- Of the key elements of writing an action research protocol/clinical audit
- Development and implementation of short term clinically based projects
- Highly specialist skills in physical management of children with challenging behaviour
- Advanced approaches to support clients & carers with challenging behaviour, mental health needs or in high levels of distress
Person Specification
Qualifications/training
Essential
- BSc. Speech Path or Equivalent (including Dip. CST)
- HPC licence to practise, and Registered member of RCSLT
- Successful completion of highly specialist/expert short courses relevant to field e.g. SEMH, trauma, positive behaviour support, signing, Autism
Desirable
- Successful completion of postgraduate dysphagia qualification
- Successful completion of highly specialist postgraduate study relevant to field e.g. advanced ASD courses, Makaton Regional Tutor, AAC
- Basic qualitative/quantitative research methodologies
- Basic counselling
- Challenging behaviour strategies
- Student supervisions and training
Previous Experience
Essential
- Of working at a specialist level in paediatrics
- Delivering highly specialist training to a range of audiences
Desirable
- Relevant experience at a highly specialist level
- Carrying out evidence based research projects
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexibility
- Ability to reflect on practice
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Communicate complex, sensitive information
- Make accurate phonetic/phonemic transcription of spoken language
- Critically evaluate published research within a specific area of clinical expertise
- Skills in delivering presentations and training, including basic adaptations to presentation/training style for a range of audiences
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Of a range of highly specialist assessment tools and procedures to evaluate communication, speech & language skills in children
- knowledge of the key characteristics leading a highly specialist differential diagnosis
- The application of highly specialist knowledge of local cultural, linguistic & demographic factors to the management of a clinically complex caseload
- Of selecting, setting & evaluating highly specialist treatment goals
- Of a highly specialist range of therapeutic interventions relevant to paediatric special and complex needs demonstrating the evidence base for these approaches
- Detailed knowledge of multi-disciplinary team approaches
- Of approaches to mentoring, advising, supporting and clinically supervising less experienced SLTs and support staff
- Good understanding of clinical governance principles
Desirable
- Knowledge and/or experience of undertaking qualitative & quantitative research
- Of the key elements of writing an action research protocol/clinical audit
- Development and implementation of short term clinically based projects
- Highly specialist skills in physical management of children with challenging behaviour
- Advanced approaches to support clients & carers with challenging behaviour, mental health needs or in high levels of distress
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
